colt
a ragged colt may make a good horse
Someone's or something's current behavior, condition, or situation, especially that which is bad, does not dictate their future outcome. I wouldn't worry too much about your son's interest in partying—a ragged colt may make a good horse, after all. The rough cut of the film left us a bit worried, but the editor assured us that a ragged colt may make a good horse.
See also: colt, good, horse, make, may, ragged
woods colt
A child born to unmarried parents. A reference to the offspring of a horse that breeds accidentally. A: "His parents weren't married when he was born? So he's a woods colt?" B: "So what if he is? Why does that matter?"
See also: colt, wood
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
- a ragged colt may make a good horse
- ragged
- on present form
- a track record
- the rubber hits the road
- the rubber meets the road
- a nail in somebody's/something's coffin
- read (someone or something) as (someone or something)
- read as
- reflect well, badly, etc. on somebody/something